Second Home Trends

It’s 110 Degrees in Dallas: Why A Second Home Should Be Issued With Every Texas Drivers License

By Candy Evans | August 4, 2011 | Comments Off on It’s 110 Degrees in Dallas: Why A Second Home Should Be Issued With Every Texas Drivers License

I know Case Shiller is spreading real estate doom and gloom across the state lines, but it’s summer and most of us have vacation on the mind. Here in Dallas, it is about 110 degrees in the shade, and anyone who doesn’t understand why I started a second home blog IN THIS CITY is suffering from heat stroke.…

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Talk About Second Homes: Here’s a 72,000 Square Foot Concrete Second Home Going Up In Missouri

By Candy Evans | July 24, 2011 |

I just got back from a terrific weekend in an amazing home on Cypress Springs Lake. But boy oh boy, look at this. A Virginia man is building a 72,000 square-foot house in the Missouri Ozarks with 13 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and other features that could include a library, music room, theater and a garage…

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Where To Buy A Vacation Home NOW: Second Home News

By Candy Evans | July 22, 2011 |

Let’s face it: if you had to pick the most suffering, beat-up child in this real estate mess, it would be the second home market. This is probably the worst time ever for the second home market because most areas overbuilt during the boom, priced too high, and are now left with inventory. Getting a…

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Hudson Valley Getaway Two Hours From NYC, Pool, Ski, Views: Less Than $300,000

By Candy Evans | July 20, 2011 |

This is what I remember second homes being like when I grew up, and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was loaded with these treasures. This is in the covetd Hudson River Valley of upstate New York. Check out this manicured jewel that a friend put on the market about a week ago. It’s a perfect weekend getaway only…

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The World May Well be the Best Vacation Home… in The World

By Candy Evans | July 19, 2011 |

The World is a condominium at sea for the uber rich. A 644-foot ship — wait, make that giant private yacht — with 165 apartment units, it roams the seas visiting exotic ports 365 days a year. The World is a world unto itself, filled with restaurants, nightclubs, shops, spa, pools, gyms, masseuses and theaters on board —…

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Living Here Costs Tiger Woods $5.4 Million a Year: Is He Looking To Downsize?

By Candy Evans | July 18, 2011 | Comments Off on Living Here Costs Tiger Woods $5.4 Million a Year: Is He Looking To Downsize?

How would you like to dish out more than half a million a month just to pay for and maintain your home? Welcome to the world of Tiger Woods. Word on the pro golf circuit is that Tiger Woods may be hurting for money. That divorce was not cheap, he’s not exactly winning at golf these days,…

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